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MAPLE PLAIN, MN – Six individuals in Maple Plain reported to West Hennepin Public Safety Department that their vehicles had been rummaged through Jan. 24.

According to the WHPSD media report:

At 3:59 a.m., a resident in the 1700 block of Howard Lake reported finding a dome light on inside his wife’s vehicle and footprints in the snow in his yard. An officer checked the area on foot and by patrol squad car, and did not locate anyone. It was unknown if anything was taken from the vehicle.

Three other residents on Howard Avenue also reported that someone had gone through their vehicles. In one case, at a residence in the 1600 block, nothing was missing, but a hat not owned by the vehicle owner was found next to the vehicle and was given to police. That hat belonged to an individual whose vehicle was rummaged through in the 1700 block. Ray-Ban sunglasses and a camouflage hat were stolen from that vehicle. There was nothing missing from another vehicle that had been gone through in the 1600 block.

At 8:04 a.m., a resident in the 4900 block of Drake Street reported her son’s vehicle was rummaged through and a wallet, cash, a debit card, and gift card were stolen. Neighborhood children found her son’s wallet a block away and had returned it to him, but the cash and cards were no longer in the wallet.

In the 5200 block of Bryantwood Drive, a resident reported the trunk and console on her husband’s locked truck had been gone through and an extra key was stolen, as well as miscellaneous change.

Anyone with information regarding these incidents should contact WHPSD at 763-479-0500.

MONTROSE, MN – A Montrose woman and two young passengers, as well as a Buffalo woman, were injured in a crash Wednesday afternoon.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 2018 Dodge Journey driven by Amy Jo McDonald, 40, of Montrose, was northbound on Highway 25 when a southbound 2010 Ford Fusion driven by Jean Gardner, 77, of Buffalo, pulled out in front of it in an attempt to turn left onto Catlin Avenue.

Gardner and McDonald were transported to Buffalo Hospital with noncritical injuries, as were McDonald’s passengers, a 7-year-old boy and 9-year-old female.

All individuals were wearing seat belts and alcohol was not a factor in the crash that occurred shortly after 3 p.m.

DELANO, MN – Suspected drug activity in the parking lot of a Buffalo business led to a high-speed chase that terminated in Delano late Wednesday evening, resulting in the arrest of one suspect and a continued search for the second suspect.

According to Buffalo Police Chief Pat Budke, officers responded to the call regarding the activity at 9:55 p.m.

Officers approached the vehicle and observed there were two male occupants with evidence of drug use in plain view.

When the occupants were asked to exit the vehicle, the vehicle fled the scene, and officers initiated a pursuit.

The vehicle traveled south out of Buffalo on Highway 25, then east on Highway 12.

According to city ordinance, “No person shall park any motor vehicle, vehicle, machinery or implement on any street, avenue or alley within the boundaries of the city, except for bona fide emergencies, between the hours of 2 and 7 a.m. from Nov. 1 through April 1 of the following year.”

Furthermore, it is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle on any street after continuous or intermittent snow fall during which there has been an accumulation of 2 inches or more of snow on any street until the same has been plowed or removed from the full width of the roadway. This ordinance does not apply to the area zoned “Central Business District” in the Delano Land Use and Zoning Code.